Charles Oppenneer, 25, was found dead in a wooded area of Gezon Park in Wyoming, Michigan; police discovered his body on July 16, 2014. The scene was brutal: he had been decapitated and investigators later concluded he was likely shot in the head before being dismembered.
Oppenneer and his 18-year-old, eight-months-pregnant girlfriend, Brooke Slocum, had arranged a late-night meeting on July 12, 2014, through Craigslist with 31-year-old Brady Oestrike for a paid sexual encounter. Slocum was reported missing while police investigated Oppenneer’s killing; email exchanges on her computer tied the meeting to Oestrike.
On July 17, 2014, officers attempted to execute a search warrant at Oestrike’s home. He fled, crashed, and died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Slocum’s body was found in his car trunk; evidence indicated she had been held for days and strangled, and her unborn child did not survive. A skull later identified by dental records as Oppenneer’s was found in March 2019 in Alpine Township, about 17 miles from Gezon Park.
Did anyone in the area know Oppenneer, Slocum, or Oestrike, or recall unusual activity around Gezon Park that week?